Lieutenant Aldo Raine

He's in his second year and if he is playing at the level of Andy Dalton who had AJ Green, Mohammed Sanu, and all the other talent around him; I will take it at this point. We have John Brown and Cole Beasley that are consistent; that's it (maybe Knox on occasion). Allen is certainly ripe for criticism, and he is his biggest critic, but look at the talent around him right now. Last year, Foster was the go-to guy and he had is first catch yesterday. We have Singletary, but what can you do when OC abandons the RB. I'll be sure to look out for your positive posts and give you a thumbs up when you do; and I will do the same if your criticism is fair and not jaded.

Way to dodge the question; I will ask it again. Do you comment on both the positives and negatives of his play, or do you just criticize? I suppose the ball just miraculously marched itself down the field for the go-ahead score, or miraculously got the Bills in position for a game tying FG. You can't even give props for that.

Lol; just like your Dabol vs Allen thread last night that seemingly needed a new thread although it was discussed in nearly all the other threads. Obviously you don't. Therefore, we should just keep with mid-tier receivers! SMH

Big difference between being critical and providing constructive criticism, to being biased because you have an honest dislike for someone. Where you do fall? Do you comment on both the positives and negatives of his play, or do you just criticize?

Thanks for the insight. lol

Your opinion would have some more credibility to me if you countered your negativity with the positives in which you see (which are obviously none). You don't offer constructive criticism, you offer biased hatred plain and simple because your narrative (as you stated for the record) is that you DISLIKE the kid.

Cool; I just wanted to get you on record that you DISLIKE him (polite way of saying hate), and that you want him run out of town. You have been marked; no coming back.

Why do you hate your QB so much?

Ok; go back and watch the video of the play on YouTube and go frame by frame. When the ball is snapped, Allen looks left and sees the far side CB sitting down over Beasley watching Allen. As Beasley is in his route, the LB blows past Dawkins and has a direct shot at Allen. Allen immediately shifts to the right after his initial glance to the left and the far side CB reads Allen and bails back thus leaving Beasley open. Allen goes back shoulder to Brown as previously discussed. Allen could have gone to Beasley immediately if he wanted to I suppose, but he has a free blitzer right in his face and the far side CB would have stayed on Beasley. If Allen connects with Beasley, he is immediately tackled around the sticks.

If Brown turns around a half-second sooner, he catches that (according to Brown).

Why do you hate your QB so much?

(D) Allen stated he saw cover 0 and was going to have a one on one match-up on Brown. Brown in his post game interview said he “got tapped for a go ball “. This tells me he and Allen had some sort of pre-snap communication. The concept is if Brown beats his guy put it in front of him; if not throw a back shoulder behind the WR. Allen threw back shoulder and supposedly Brown stated he misread the route meaning he wasn’t necessarily expecting the back shoulder. If you rewatch the tape, the back shoulder pass was there, just miscommunication for an easy completion. Perhaps Allen should have known Beasley would be open, but his mind was made up upon reading the coverage and was trying to recreate the same magic he captured in the Jets game in my opinion,

WILCO; thanks.

No one is wholly blaming the defense; however they did give up an 80 yd TD drive that had they stopped them, would have had a probability of over 90% of winning the game.

Yeah I hear ya. I was talking specifically on that final drive.

Minnesota about to let Dallas drive 94 yards, down by 4, to take the lead.

That's a good way to put it. Here we go; same scenario. Vikings have a four point lead with 4:34 to go and Dallas has the ball at their own 6.

I agree, and I don't pin the loss on the defense as a whole. As I said earlier, the lack of offensive production is the bigger issue. But, I'm just saying, the defense had an opportunity to essentially close it out with a stop. It didn't happen, it is what is. Stay with me here, we are simply talking about the final (Brown's) drive as the OP stated in the opening. Yes all those other what-if's contributed, but we aren't talking about those things at the present time the Browns had the ball with 80 yds to go for a game leading (eventual winning) touchdown.

Answer the question

Except it was the Browns final drive. So let me ask you this: If the defense stops the Browns on that drive, do the Bills win?

I don't think anyone is arguing that point at all. The point is, the defense still had a chance to win the game (after the offense scored mind you), and all they had to do was stop the drive. They didn't get it done on that drive and allowed the Browns to take the lead. They are damn good; except on that final drive!

Been saying this all day. Offensive shares the burden of blame, no doubt about it. However, regardless of how badass the goal line stands were today, the offense did get the lead with around 5:00 or just under to play and the defense allowed the Browns to methodically march down the field to take the lead. At one time, Chubb carried like four five defenders on his back to get a first down. Several times had them in 3rd down but kept giving up out patterns at the sticks.

Having to read Twist of Fate's idiotic posts.

Just listened to Josh's post-game presser and he admitted part of his issues in the long ball is mental; stating the thought is in his head about under throwing the ball and putting the ball in jeopardy. While Josh is ultimately responsible, I think the emphasis on protecting the football, hero ball, etc is forcing him to overthrow the ball and subconsciously thinking only his guy will have a chance at the ball, thus an overthrow. Obviously something is in is head on those, because all his other throws are coming out more naturally.

Also, during Brown's Arizona days, he had Fitz opposite taking pressure off the top. Right now, we don't have that.